Adverse outcomes in Belgian acute hospitals: Retrospective analysis of the national hospital discharge dataset

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-219

  Van Den Heede, Koen ^a   Sermeus, Walter ^a   Diya, Luwis ^a   Lesaffre, Emmanuel ^a   Vleugels, Arthur ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Administrative data; Patient safety; Quality measurement; Risk adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DECUBITUS; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; BELGIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33745700710     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzl003     Document Type: Article

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